Sentence examples for service of foreign powers from inspiring English sources

It took place in Warsaw and the deputies and senators in service of foreign powers declared it a confederated sejm (with decisions decided by the majority) to prevent liberum veto (the right of any deputy to force an immediate end to the current session and nullify any legislation that had already been passed) being used to stop it.

Activists are routinely vilified as agents of foreign powers.

This will earn him the gratitude of foreign powers.

Before them, the Shah too accused his critics and opponents of being "agents" of foreign powers.

They have long accused Mr Hadi of working for the interests of foreign powers.

All except one (Tongab) had been colonies of foreign powers.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused foreign-funded NGOs of meddling in politics on behalf of foreign powers.

Who felt the creeping influence of foreign powers — Arab powers — in the American economy?

When an army colonel stationed here accused him of being at the service of a foreign power and hinted he should be expelled, Bishop Ryan's supporters circulated a petition, signed by 32,000 people, demanding that he be allowed to stay.

Page said he had been the target last year of a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (Fisa) warrant, which are normally issued when intelligence or law enforcement agencies can show probable cause that the subject is in the service of a foreign power.

If the rule were otherwise, the president could never be investigated or removed from office for actions within the scope of his official authority — not even for accepting a bribe or acting in the service of a foreign power.